Yellow Fever Risk Areas
These are areas where the virus is present in monkeys and is a potential risk to humans as defined by the World Health Organisation. Some of these countries demand a yellow fever certificate from travellers as a condition of entry to their country. Many of these, and other countries, will ask you for a certificate if you are entering from an infected country. Your travel agent should inform you if you need a certificate when you are booking your holiday or flight. You can double check if in doubt with your local yellow fever vaccination centre.
Maps showing the approximate areas with risk of yellow fever transmission (2010)
Africa
The Americas
In Africa
| Angola |
Equatorial Guinea |
Mauritania |
| Benin |
Ethiopia |
Niger |
| Burkina Faso |
Gabon |
Nigeria |
| Burundi |
Gambia, the |
Rwanda |
| Cameroon |
Ghana |
Senegal |
| Central African Republic |
Guinea |
Sierra Leone |
| Chad |
Guinea-Bissau |
South Sudan |
| Congo, Republic of |
Kenya |
Sudan |
| Cote d'Ivoire |
Liberia |
Togo |
| Democratic Republic of Congo |
Mali |
Uganda |
In the Americas
| Argentina |
Panama |
| Bolivia |
Paraguay |
| Brazil |
Peru |
| Colombia |
Suriname |
| Ecuador |
Trinidad and Tobago |
| French Guiana |
Venezuela |
| Guyana |
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Exceptions
Some countries do not exactly follow these World Health Organisation guidelines:
- India considers Zambia as an area with risk of yellow fever transmission. When a case of yellow fever is reported from any country, that country is regarded by the Government of India as a country with risk of yellow fever and is added to the list.